National Regional Profile: South West (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 32505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
0
0
541
385
487
Unemployment rate%
0.0
0.0
3.2
2.4
2.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 486
3 925
3 858
3 567
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 102
10 456
10 723
10 974
-
Taxable income$m
363.0
347.6
381.8
411.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 701
33 243
35 607
37 493
-
Net tax$m
76.1
74.0
82.7
87.7
-
Average net tax$
6 857
7 076
7 709
7 992
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.3
21.7
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 566
9 394
9 301
9 403
-
Wage and salary income $m
279.0
282.5
297.1
313.7
-
Total income $m
285.5
285.3
306.3
323.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 167
30 075
31 946
33 362
-
Average total income$
29 850
30 374
32 932
34 366
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.5
54.2
53.9
-
Females%
45.3
45.5
45.8
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.0
22.3
22.1
22.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
25.0
24.2
23.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.0
24.1
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
18.5
18.7
18.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
10.3
10.9
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.0
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
13.3
13.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.5
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
10.9
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.2
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.7
7.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.4
23.7
24.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
6.6
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 059
2 242
2 336
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
101.6
68.4
72.5
-
-
Total income$m
93.7
69.9
79.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 229
30 524
31 051
-
-
Average total income$
30 625
31 165
34 007
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 634
2 616
2 505
2 649
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
858
909
981
939
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
606
657
708
738
Total businessesno.
-
4 098
4 182
4 194
4 326
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
339
330
462
Employing businessesno.
-
-
150
159
201
Total business entriesno.
-
-
489
489
663
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
501
417
336
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
27
237
Total business exitsno.
-
-
561
444
573
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year